Film Fest Part 1 Angelus Film Festival

1. What time is your interview scheduled and who will you be talking with when you call/skype?  1130 am Monday 9-16-13.
   
2. Who started it and who runs it?  the festival is not being run right now. 
    Monika Moreno is the Director, Lance Spott is the A.D. of the festival when it is running.  
   
3. What is the mission of the festival/conference? (copy and paste the first paragraph)
   
   
   Our philosophy is simple—We are a not-for-profit student film festival bent on finding the best, and showcasing it to the world. We believe if you are that good of a filmmaker, you deserve a career and a leg up, and as wide of an audience as possible.
   After 16 years, we have a knack for finding talent and Hollywood’s noticed. Winners receive ṻber visibility, select winners receive an all expense paid trip to Sundance and/or Europe for Angelus international and gobs of publicity. Not only are we fun to travel with, our wonderful sponsors believe in you enough to dole out fabulous cash awards and amazing prizes.
   We keep the entry fee low, and communicate after each round and as often as possible because your time, your money and your project is valuable.
   Our passion is the independent voice that focuses on the human journey. Do it with drama, laughs, with documentary or animation – just do it with excellence. It gets us up in the morning.
   
   
4. How does this compare with their actual programming choices from the past two years? Be specific in describing what they program (mode, categories within mode, niche, Political? Global? Local? Gender? Sexuality? Race? Any themes that you see? etc...)
   
   

   The main theme that I see based off of the winners of the festivals is about the journey.  The prizes they give is trips to other festivals to help other film makers complete their journey.  

   
   
5. Where is the event? 
   
   

    Los Angelus

   
   
6. When is the event? (Give dates from last year if not current)
   
   

    Sept. 29,2012

   
   
7. How do you submit? Snail mail, online, withoutabox, through their site, etc...
   
   

   The ways I have found that people have submitted in the past is by DVD, VHS or any other format they can send and mail into the festival.  You can get your films, tapes back if you send in a self addressed envelope.  

   
   
   

   
   

   
   
8. When are the deadlines to enter? Early? Reg? Late?
   
   

   July, 15th 2012 is the only deadline I have been able to find for 2012

   
   
9. How much does it cost to enter? 
   
   

   35-45 dollars

   
   
10. Who’s eligible, what are the guidelines to enter?
     Any undergraduate from around the world.  If the film is not in english then it must be dubbed in english
    
11. Is there a Student category? 
    
    

     Every film is undergraduate or graduate film school work.

    
    
12. What formats do they except for jurying? DVD, Vimeo, Flash drives?
    
    

    DGA are Beta SP, 35mm, or DigiBeta. if selected, DVD, VHS

    
    
13. What formats do they except for exhibition/screening?
    DGA are Beta SP, 35mm, or DigiBeta. if selected
    
14. How many films screened at the festival last year?
    
    

    I have not been able to find an exact number of films shown at the festival in 2012,  It is a question I will ask Monika tomorrow.

    
    
15. How long is a typical shorts block or paper presentation block at their event?
    
    

    The numbers vary from year to year, but in a typically we receive well over 500 shorts a year, from over 100 film schools and over 20 countries.

    
    
16. How many films or papers do they program per block?
    
    

    I have not been able to find the information about the blocks.  

    
    
17. How do people register to attend? Is there a cost to attend as a guest?
    
    

    I called the 800 number and the person who answered the phone on friday did not know how much the festival cost.  She is going to email me the information when she can ask her boss this week.

    
    
18. Look at sponsorship page and see what businesses. Grants and private entities give money to the
    event. Figure out how many of each kind and note any leads that might be useful to us.
    
    

    Outstanding Animation Award, sponsored by Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. $2,000

    Full Circle Exchange Wake up to Justice Award. $2500

    Fujifilm Audience Impact Award $2,500

    Triumph of the Spirit Award, sponsored by the Peter Glenville Foundation. $5,000

    Excellence in Filmmaking Award in honor of Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC. $10,000

    
    
    
    
19. What are their sponsorship levels and incentives for each level?
    
    

    The Angelus Student Film Festival draws entries from graduate and undergraduate students of film from around the world and was recently honored with the world-wide distinction as one of the “25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by MovieMaker Magazine and included in its previous “Best of” issue as “Best Bet for Student Moviemakers.” Each year during the Angelus Student Film Festival, the future of the film industry gathers to showcase their films of artistic excellence that reflect human dignity. With over 500 entries annually from some 185 film schools in over 30 countries, the Angelus Student Film Festival draws a diverse, passionate audience of college students and those working in all areas of the film industry.
    

    Impact

    • Event visibility with both logo placement and organization messaging before celebrities, future filmmakers, industry executives, and the media
    • Brand placement in advertising before relevant consumers
    • Brand placement on college campuses in more than 30 countries before future filmmakers as well as the entire campus population
    • Media placement in national and industry publications
    • Brand placement in online Festival Guide – potential for tens of thousands of viewers
    • Brand placement in email blast sent to 5,000 relevant consumers
    • Online exposure through the Festival website as well as industry sites
    • Brand placement on Festival social media sites
    • Hospitality opportunities for your VIP clients

    Reach

    • Target thousands of future leaders of the film industry in a relevant and meaningful promotion
    • Through your sponsorship you will not only reach consumers, you will reach students who are potential employees for your organization

    Industry celebrities such as Gary Oldman, Sean Astin, and Jim Caviezel support Family Theater Productions’ Angelus Student Film Festival. Join us as we encourage the best and brightest future film directors and actors to produce quality films that promote compassion, creativity and respect. Many Angelus winners have continued in their careers and received industry recognition, including Academy Awards

    I found that the best I could find for prior endorsements in order to make people submit to their festivals.  I feel we need to see if any of our past viewers has made it into the big time so we can use them as a perch to support and interest people in our festival.
    
    
20. Did they have a kickstarter or indiegogo? What incentives did they have for each level of donor?
    I have not found any kickstarter or indeiegogo for the festival.  I have search for prior  information with no luck.  I will ask Monika about this.
    
21. What kind of non-traditional film/video events have they had before? Things like Installations,
    'Visual Soundwalls,' VJing etc.
    
    

    The crew of Angelus traveled to almost every other big name festival from Sundance, London, Cannes.  I think this all helped gain them sponsorships and money from donors to use as prizes.  

    
    
22. Are there ways in which they have expanded the typical film screening event? How have they
    branched out from sitting in a dark room in front of a screen?

    From What I have found out.  They used a main theater to show the films.  They do use a bunch of community events in order to keep the community involved in the festival.  I am wondering why the festival stopped.  

    
    
    23. Is the layout easy to navigate? What makes it easy?

    
    

    I personally really like the website.  I feel that it is very neatly organized and is kept very clean, but very cool looking.   

    24. Is the layout difficult to navigate? What makes it difficult?
    
    

    I think the layout is very easy to navigate.  With in 1 minute I could think of what I needed to get to and find it on the site.  I would like to find out who their webpage design person is and what website creator they used.  

    25. Can you find the information you are looking for on the homepage or via a link on the homepage? 26. Aesthetically, what catches your eye? What's cool about it?
    
    

    I think the color of the website is the first thing that drew me to the site.  I love the Angelus hand at the top of the screen.  I also love how that background never changed as you click on the links at the top.  I feel they are very easy and makes me as a college student say this is a festival that I want to submit to.  I feel that it is something we need to do to our page. 

    
    27. Aesthetically, what doesn't fit in? What makes it look bad?
    
    

    The only thing I could find out that makes it look bad was that it still has the stand by submissions for the next year festival that is not happening.

    28. Should there be more information? Is the page too bare?
    
    

    NO..... I feel the page is not information overload and it has the necessary information.  

    29. Should there be less information? Is the page too busy?
    
    

    The website in my opinion is perfect.  I like how it is edgy.  It is not to busy but it is not bare either.  It has the prefect mix of information and creative design.

    30. What would you do differently if you were to redesign this website?
    
    
    

    If I were to redesign the website I would only create an archive tab with links to different years of the festivals.  I think it would be good for us if we had a drop down menu that was 2012 festival, 2011, 2010 etc...

    
    
    31. What would you keep the same if you were to redesign this website? 

    I would keep the main image and layout of the website.  I would only create an archive drop down for people to see the past festivals.  I would also have left up the last years schedule and blocks so film makers can see what types of films have been submitted and allow them to see if their films would fit into what has been selected.  

    
    http://www.angelus.org/about-introduction.html